Question for fighter jet pilots

[anon53832394]

In your fighter jets, do you fly in cockpit mode on external mode? I like the cockpit mode but the external gives me a much wider view.

[Doum76]

@anon53832394

In your fighter jets, do you fly in cockpit mode on external mode? I like the cockpit mode but the external gives me a much wider view.

Dude, this is your own preference, what you like most? If you are one of us that wants t fly this as Flight Sim, then cockpit is what we usualy do, if you want this as a game like any chasing view games à la GTA, then external view might be your thing, again, it is what you like My own preference, always cockpit view, even in rally/race sims, always in cockpit, when i want to see outside of airplanes or cars, i go to airshows, race, if i wanna feel what it looks like to fly those birds, then in cockpit. Do what you enjoy the most of the game/sim But yeah i presume without any head tracking hardware, in cockpit can be annoying.

[DrVenkman3876]

Cockpit of course, with head tracking.

[Crunchmeister71]

If you want to simulate flight, then it’s cockpit. If you want to play a video game, then 3rd person chase view. It’s up to you. Use it how you want to.

Personally, I’m in the cockpit 99.9% of the time with head tracking (TrackIR). I only occasionally pop out of the cockpit in chase or drone when I want to take a screen shot.

[TinManNFO]

VR in cockpit; being able to look around mostly naturally avoids the majority of the field of view issues. I may switch to external if not much is happening and I want to look at something below/below and behind the aircraft or visually verify the nav lights are actually on during the day, etc., but not when I have to do anything involving pointing the aircraft with any precision.

[Mobias7]

In the cockpit mainly but I do go to the exterior view for a more cinematic experience. I do like looking at the artistry in a good external model during a flight, both in the fighter jets or indeed in any aircraft.

I like taking nice screen shots so the exterior view is obviously the way to go for that.

[WingWarper1]

In the F/A-18 I use the external camera view as I’m typically sightseeing using HDR10 in specific areas and the cockpit view is very restrictive. I also use the Darkstar in external camera view to check out hurricanes at very high altitudes such as Ian. It’s all a matter of preference.

[Portalearth420]

Not a big fighter jet pilot but on the topic of FP vs TP view, i typically stick to cockpit view. I only go into 3rd person for taxiing and get screenshots